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Recognised as Colour

#B9AAA9

  • #B9AAA9
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B9AAA9 is a red with RGB values 185, 170, 169 and HSL 4°, 10%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B9AAA9#B9AAA9
HEX#B9AAA9
RGBrgb(185, 170, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6667, 0.6627
RGB percentages72.5%, 66.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(3.7, 10.3%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.7, 8.6%, 72.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.1%, 8.6%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,167,849
CSS custom property--colour: #B9AAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#465556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADACA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0AEA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BDA9AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6Silver · ΔE 9Rosy brown · ΔE 14.4Light grey · ΔE 14.9Thistle · ΔE 16.9Gainsboro · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B8B9
Analogous#B9A9B0, #B9B2A9
Triadic#A9B9AA, #AAA9B9
Split complementary#A9B9B2, #A9B0B9
Tetradic#B0B9A9, #A9B8B9, #B2A9B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFD
Lighter +20%#E7E2E1
Lighter +10%#D0C6C5
Darker −10%#A28E8D
Darker −20%#8B7371
Darker −30%#6F5B5A
Darker −40%#534443
More saturated +25%#CC9995
Less saturated −25%#B1B1B1

Channel breakdown

R185
G170
B169
Red185 (72.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue3.75°
Saturation (HSL)10.26%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B9 · G AA · B A9

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